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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1921
Page
5
Riverdale Village amends Section 1 of Chapter 28 to redefine peddlers. It widens coverage to street and wagon or vehicle sales of farm produce meats bakery goods and other wares while preserving exemptions for farmers and regular merchants. The measure takes effect after passage and publication in July 1921.
An ordinance from the president and Board of Trustees of Riverdale Illinois amends paragraph five and five by to section nine of chapter twenty eight titled rate and licenses. This introduces revisions to license rates and related provisions for Cook County village governance.
The ordinance updates license fees for peddlers using various conveyances including wagons and automobiles. It increases to twenty dollars per year for each person or vehicle used to peddle ice cream or ice, with the amendment dated July 12 1921 and published July 15 1921 by Village Clerk George Koehler.
The article notes over 36 plants used as tea substitutes worldwide. One source is dried leaves of a fragrant orchid, a parasite like mistletoe, related to vanilla in odor. Africans historically used its leaves medicinally and brewed infusions as a drink with vanilla almond notes and a bitter edge.
The Walnut Ridge Blade sardonically notes that some men who complain the world never understands them might be better off being left misunderstood.
German voices differ on robins nesting near homes. Some say a robin under the eaves brings protection from fire while others view it as a bad omen foretelling a conflagration.
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